dean (n.)
- ace
- administration
- administrator
- antipope
- archbishop
- archdeacon
- archon
- archpriest
- bellwether
- bishop
- boss
- canon
- cardinal
- champion
- chancellor
- chaplain
- chief
- coadjutor
- commander
- curate
- diocesan
- doyen
- doyenne
- elder
- eldest
- exarch
- executive
- father
- fugleman
- genius
- guide
- head
- headmaster
- headmistress
- hierarch
- higher-up
- kingfish
- kingpin
- laureate
- lead
- leader
- magistrate
- management
- master
- metropolitan
- nonpareil
- officer
- official
- older
- papa
- paragon
- patriarch
- penitentiary
- personage
- pilot
- pontiff
- pope
- prebendary
- prefect
- prelate
- president
- prexy
- primate
- principal
- prodigy
- provost
- rector
- ruler
- secretary
- senior
- sire
- star
- suffragan
- superior
- superman
- superstar
- treasurer
- vicar
- virtuoso
- warden
dean (adj.)
To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
Who never mentions hell to ears polite.